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Fisheries Bilateral Agreements

Fisheries Bilateral Agreements are annual negotiations led by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs to set UK fishing opportunities and quotas with neighbouring nations including the EU, Faroe Islands, and Norway. These agreements cover key stocks such as North-East Atlantic mackerel and blue whiting and are essential post-Brexit arrangements for managing shared fish resources.

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28 Mar 2024 | Government response linked

The inclusion of a Permissive Extent Clause (PEC) in the Fisheries Bill was extremely regrettable and contrary to the constitutional relationship. We do not agree with the Government’s assertion that it was a “legitimate act” and “soundly within the constitutional relationship”, but rather consider it to have been a serious interference in long-established constitutional principles for short-term political reasons. We expect that the usual approach—mandated in the Ministry of Justice’s own gu...

The inclusion of a Permissive Extent Clause (PEC) in the Fisheries Bill was extremely regrettable and contrary to the constitutional relationship. We do not agree with the Government’s assertion that it was a “legitimate act” and “soundly within the constitutional …

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